[phil21]

I might have been your co-worker.

I went from giving them away to anyone in the office who asked (very very few), to selling them for under market when they were in the $10-50 range. Only three people took me up on the offer then, and they bought moderately life changing amounts I've later been thanked for. Such as a down payment for someone's first home after he got married. Luckily they held onto enough of their coins to make a meaningful difference in their lives like I preached about at the time.

The number of folks who ping me at various BTCH ATH hitting the news is expressing regret and laughing about it is... a lot!

It was strange being the "Weirdo Bitcoin guy" for a time. Then you started hearing about it in the mainstream news/etc. and it got even stranger to me.

I did quite well for myself, but of course wish I could go back in time and actually go balls to the wall on my early mining operation. I thought I was being irresponsible enough as it were - maxing out my rental townhouse's electric service with a rack of GPU miners in my basement, and some sketchy DIY electrical work to make it all happen.

Unfortunate to me cryptocurrency devolved into such a horrible place with the shitcoins, etc. I dropped out from the scene fairly early since I was a True Believer and became quite disenchanted with the whole thing. All I was there for was "digital p2p cash" - I never once foresaw it as a major store of value.